The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.142-143

Glacier County-white apartheid territory

Mr. Melis described the colony of white patent-in-fee lands as a “distinct economic territory” made of stolen Blackfeet allotments: “To date of August 20, 1930 Patents in Fee had been issued covering 293,422.92 acres, and this acreage is increasing at the rate of 6,000 acres per year. This Patent in Fee acreage now represents very slightly over 20% of the gross area of Blackfeet Allotted Lands. This Patent in Fee land is scattered over the entire reservation, with every reservation township having two or more Patent in Fee Allotments. A study of the land status map indicates a pronounced tendency for the more valuable areas, particularly along water courses, to pass into a Patent in Fee status ahead of the less desirable, drier areas. This indicates a desire on the part of the white stock owner to acquire title to the watering places to be used in connection with the leasing of adjoining Indian range lands.

This condition must be given careful consideration in the formulation and execution of any range management plans. As is indicated by a study of the location of the Patent in Fee lands in relation to the areas under grazing lease, the white owners of alienated lands are in a position to greatly influence and in some cases to absolutely control the use of adjoining [allotted Blackfeet] range lands.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.142-143